hyperotreta Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys
    Myxinoidea; suborder Hyperotreta; Myxinoidei; suborder Myxiniformes; Myxiniformes; suborder Myxinoidei.

WordNet

Hy`per*o*tre"ta noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. the plate + perforated.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between tionnasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish. Written also Hyperotreti.

Webster 1913